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The Australian Securities and Investments Commission delivered the industry a mixed report card mid-morning in the release of its anticipated report into the disclosure o...

Financial planning

Committee backs accountant super advice extension

Accountants have received support to provide advice on all non-self managed superannuation structures after a recommendation by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corpo...

Financial planning

ASIC eases licensing for foreign fund managers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has updated its criteria for foreign collective investment schemes (FCIS) offering products into Australia and...

Financial planning

Opposition to push fee disclosure further

The Federal Opposition is signalling its intention to move even further than the Government in terms of life-time fee disclosure with respect to superannuation....

Financial planning

Judgement Day: one year later...

While the ACA/ASIC Quality of Advice survey may have come as no surprise to the FPA, the planning industry is still reeling from the fallout, as JULIE BENNETT reports....

Financial planning

AFA questions bank-tied adviser disclosure

The Association of Financial Advisers (AFA) has warned that the salaried financial advisers of banking institutions may not have to disclose all the influences inducing t...

Financial planning

ASIC cracks down on debt issuers

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), in line with its ongoing efforts to improve risk disclosure to investors, has released an overview of common ...

Financial planning

ASFA: consumers not clear on fees

Consumers are still struggling to fully understand fees and charges within the superannuation sector according to the latest research released by the Association of Super...

Financial planning

IFSA fills deputy head position

The Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) has appointed a deputy chief executive officer John O'Shaughnessy, following the recent decision by the then depu...

Financial planning

ASIC serves disclosure notice to tied advice groups

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has put institutions with aligned advisers on notice after a recent surveillance project found that commission...

Financial planning

Fee disclosure talks collapse

Attempts by the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) and the Association of Superannuation Funds Australia (ASFA) to agree on a single fee measure for sup...

Financial planning

Ascalon signs up sixth boutique

St.George-owned Ascalon Capital Managers has taken a 25 per cent equity stake in Victoria-based boutique fund manager First Samuel, taking the group’s equity positions in...

Financial planning

IWL unveils revamped VisiPlan

IWL will roll out its latest VisiPlan offering - version six - over the next few weeks following significant enhancements in terms of straight through processing capabili...

Financial planning

Associations seek common ground on fee disclosure

The Association of Superannuation Funds of Australia (ASFA) and the Investment and Financial Services Association (IFSA) had “constructive” talks on Friday and will meet ...

Financial planning

Disclosure regulations blocked in Senate

The Government’s proposed fee disclosure regulations have been defeated in the Senate, with the Australian Labor Party’s motion to disallow the draft rules passed with th...